And the winner of the House Speaker showdown is … Congressman Mike Johnson! You probably haven’t heard of him, but his resume will sound familiar: election denial, a thirst to end Medicare and Social Security as we know them, a fondness for national abortion bans, and a desire to criminalize gay marriage, among many more MAGA favorites. Former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann joins the show to break down Donald Trump’s week of bad legal news. And then: President Biden is about to face a new primary opponent. Should he be worried?

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SHOW NOTES:

• NBC: Rep. Mike Johnson elected 56th speaker of the House, ending weeks of GOP chaos
• NYT: Who Is Mike Johnson? One of the House’s Staunchest Conservatives.
• Insider: The new speaker of the House is in a ‘covenant marriage,’ a religiously-influenced legal agreement that makes it harder to get a divorce
• Bloomberg: Republican Speaker Nominee Mike Johnson Has a Plan to Avoid a November Shutdown 
• TheHill: Where House Speaker Mike Johnson stands on Ukraine, Israel 
• CBS: “Dean Phillips For President” bus spotted in Ohio
• WaPo: Opinion | Biden should take Dean Phillips’s 2024 campaign seriously, not literally
• Axios: GOP’s flip-flop on early voting faces first big test